Directors Guild Announces the Five Nominees for the DGA Award

Directors Guild of America President Taylor Hackford today announced the five nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2012.

“DGA members have chosen an incredibly rich and varied group of filmmakers to nominate for this year’s Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Award. These directors represent the highest standard of filmmaking, and their films are a testament to artistic achievement, innovative storytelling and the passion that filmmakers share with their audiences,” said Hackford. “Being nominated by their peers is what makes this award particularly meaningful for directors, and I congratulate all of the nominees for their outstanding work.”

The winner will be named at the 65th Annual DGA Awards Dinner on Saturday, February 2, 2013 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland. The nominees are (in alphabetical order):

TOM HOOPERLes Misérables(Universal Pictures)Mr. Hooper’s Directorial Team:· Unit Production Manager: Patrick Schweitzer· First Assistant Director: Ben Howarth· Second Assistant Director: Harriet Worth· Second Second Assistant Director: Dan Channing WilliamsThis is Mr. Hooper’s second DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for The King’s Speech (2010) and was previously nominated for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television/Mini-Series for “John Adams” in 2008.

STEVEN SPIELBERGLincoln(DreamWorks Pictures/Twentieth Century Fox)Mr. Spielberg’s Directorial Team:· Unit Production Manager: Susan McNamara· First Assistant Director: Adam Somner· Second Assistant Director: Ian Stone· Second Second Assistant Directors: Eric Lasko, Trevor TavaresThis is Mr. Spielberg’s eleventh DGA Feature Film Award nomination. He won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film three times for Saving Private Ryan (1998), Schindler’s List (1993) and The Color Purple (1985). He was also nominated in this category for Munich (2005), Amistad (1997), Empire of the Sun (1987), E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (1982), Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Jaws (1975). Mr. Spielberg was honored with the DGA’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.